QUICK-HIT THOUGHTS: Based on what we've seen in games, Mesko looks like he has the edge at this time. Bill Belichick has said the competition would be judged over time, with consistency a key factor. It looks like the plan was to rotate the punters on Thursday night, so little can be read into the number of attempts (the official game book had Mesko with 4 and Allen with 1). From this viewpoint, Allen has shown a little bit of a stronger leg, but Mesko's control and directional/situational punting has been a notch above.